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Database System Concepts

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ISBN:9780078022159

Author:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

Publisher:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

Chapter1: Introduction

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The first generation of computer networks required very expensive ($1,000 or more) network adapters to connect a PC to a Network server. Below is an example; this IRMA Network adapter was used to connect a PC to an IBM mainframe server at a cost of over $1,000 and if you needed to connect to a different type of server, you had to purchase a different (and very costly interface adapter.

Today a network adapter for wired or wireless PCs are a miniature by comparison cost $30 or less and these network adapters can be used to connect to any type of hardware equipment.

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